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Talk Of The Devil

New fiction by strzeka for August on blogspot.

An odd collection of old schoolfriends play a greater role in each others' future than is commonly the case.

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We settled into our newly shaped lifestyles. Casper found deep satisfaction in his artificial arms and wore them all day. Occasionally he allowed his stumps freedom and used them in tandem to do the simple tasks he knew he could manage. His stumps regrew the light brown curly hair and their even regular shapes made for handsome appendages. Casper was proud of his skill. Jasper, on the other hand, struggled continually. He never complained, not in my hearing. But try as he might, Jasper never mastered his long prostheses with mechanical elbows to such a degree that their use appeared effortless. He bent and twisted his torso and exaggerated the movements required to lock and unlock the elbows. His usual way of wearing the arms was simply to lock the elbows at forty‑five degrees and allow the arms to hang from the shoulder. They were little more than sleeve fillers. However, he was content to be stared at or watched as he went through the convolutions with his hooks.

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Having just read Strap I wonder which of your stories portrays the greatest degree of intended disability???

"Trevor" and "Matching Pair". Bilateral hooks are/were/would have been my ideal. Losing my hands at 20 and living an entire adult life with prosthetic arms.

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F L E C K S

New short story by strzeka. Although I wrote from imagination, I've learned during the past month that there is nothing especially outrageous about any of these ideas.

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A sample:

...the torsos were offered the opportunity of having adaptive interfaces fitted to the base of their stumps. They would be inserted into bionic trolleys to lead a life of independent motion at the expense of losing the wide expanse of stump where their legs and genitals had recently been. It was their sole remaining erogenous zone and after discovering forty‑one’s prowess with the dildo held firmly in his mouth, they were reluctant to semi‑permanently cover it. Instead, they suggested a device which might enable them to handwalk on their stumps.

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Hi, would love to chat, LOVE your videos man

Go ahead!

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Do you know if James the double hook guy is still posting videos?

Thanks steve

Yeah, irregularly but there’s a new one on his youtube site. Search for ‘pretzelzcollie’ and you’ll find it.

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T R A I L M A N

New fiction from the imagination of strzeka. The increasingly familiar desire to experiment with prosthetic limbs as traditional lifestyles are made redundant thanks to technological advancements is at the root of this tale of two happy-go-lucky friends who gradually acquire ever more demanding artificial arms. Because they can.

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Taster:

Callum pushed his shag across to David who first attempted to reorient his pipe so he could pick it up. The elbow joints, absent from Callum’s prostheses, prevented easy motion. David lifted his upper arms and twisted his body in order to allow his hooks access to the sac of tobacco. Callum watched him closely, not only because of the novelty of seeing David with hooks instead of hands but also because the prostheses were so different from those available nationally. He could see that despite the primitive design, they had been made with skill and pride in workmanship. Except for the restrictive elbow joints, he could imagine himself using a similar pair, perhaps not as his regular pair but as something exotic at the weekends or on a country walk on a sunny day. How passers‑by would stare!

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@Tommy12sblog

You asked if braces are heavy. The ones I wear are. They're steel and leather and each one weighs about 1.75kg without footwear. That's where you can easily add on another kilo or two to each leg. I like wearing thick soled rigid boots like mountaineers use. They're really weighty! But if your legs are basically healthy, the weight of the braces doesn't make much difference.

The modern moulded polypropylene braces are rubbish and don't weigh anything. Keep away from them if you want to feel crippled.

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